Locker.



W. N. VANCE. LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED MMLZZ. 19!].

Patented Dec. 4', 1917.

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WALTER. 1v. vanes or CHICAGO nnren'rs, ILLINOIS, assrenon r nunann STEEL LooKnn COMPANY, or cHIcAeo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

LOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

Application filed March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,591.

State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lockers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to lock,- ers and has more particular reference to lockers provided for miners and others who have clothes which upon occasion are damp and for other reasons should not be contained within the lockers proper.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of means, in connection with a locker of substantially usual construction, for drying damp or wet clothes and at the same time protecting them in large measure from theft and from inadvertent use by persons other than the proper user.

Another object of the invention is the provision of lockers socequipped, which may be readily operated Without special instructions and which may be provided without greatly added expense.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanymg drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawing, 7

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa bank of lockers provided with my presentinventlon;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing certain details ofconstruction;

Fig. 4: is an enlarged section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial detail of shelves arranged as conditions may render desirable.

Extending up from the center of the front of each locker is a wire 12 which is securedat its lower end through an angle iron 13 forming a part of the frame work of the locker. This wire is disposed in a vertical plane extending from front to back of the locker and is tilted slightly as indicated at Fig. 2 for a purpose which will be later set forth. At itsupper end the wire is secured to a support with a strong spring 14, the upper end of which is fastened to the ceiling, roof or, other overhead member. Fastened also to the roof or ceiling is a block 15 carrying a pulley sheave 16 through which the flexible member 17 is provided, the flexible member in the present instance being a chain. This chain atone end is engaged with a hanger or clothes-holder 18. This hanger is constructed in the present instance of a strap of metal bent to provide an upwardly extending ofi-set lip 19 and a lower, also offset, lip 20, upon which the clothes to be dried may be hung. It is'prov-ided with alined apertures 21 through which the wire 14 extends so that the wire 14: acts as a guide. In order that the lower end of the chain may be conveniently secured in the hanger, a slit 23 connects with the aperture 22 defining a lip 24 which may be bent outwardly and threaded through the end link to permit the link to be disposed through the aperture and the lip then bent back to closed position as shown in Fig. 5. The other'side orend of the chain is passed into the locker and is engageable with a hook 25, which is secured to one of the side walls, a suitable opening 26 being provided through the side of the part 27 above the door. In the present instance the closing and locking of the door not only prevents the chain from being disconnected from the hook 25 but, by reason of the presence of the links of the chain and their engagement with the material about the opening 26 in the frame, prevents the lowering of the hanger when the door is closed and locked. Either the links or the connection between the chain and hook may be relied upon to accomplish this and it will be manifest that other forms of flexible connectors or operatmine clothes with the street clothes hung in p the locker. He first opens the door by. unlocking it; he can then lower the hanger and upon it place the wet clothes he has been wearing. He can then pull these up above the locker where they may be dried for the next days use and dress in the clothes that have been hanging inside of the locker.

Thereafter the locking of the door will retain the drying clothes elevated above the locker where they cannot be taken by mistake'or stolen, without the thief climbing upon the lockers or making particular and easily observed efforts to get them.

The inclination given the wire guide is preferably only sufficient to prevent the hanger'swingingabout it when elevated or in its movement.

7 It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof. 7

I claim:

1. A locker, a vertically movable carrier abovesaid locker, and means for controlling the movement of said carrier, said means being located within the locker and inoperable when said locker is closed. I

2. A locker, a vertically movable hanger Without said locker, and means for operating said hanger, said means being arrangeable to prevent operation of said hanger when 1 said locker is closed.

3. A locker, a holder located without said locker and movable into and out of receivlocker to prevent lowering of said hanger when said locker is closed. I V

6. A locker, a vertically movable hanger above said locker, a guide for said hanger,

and means for operating said hanger, said means being secured within said locker to prevent lowering said hanger when said locker is closed. g

7 A locker, a guide extending upwardly therefrom, a hanger on said guideylifting means for said hanger disposed within said locker to prevent manipulation of the hanger when the locker is closed.

8. A vertically movable hanger,a wire for guiding the movement of said hanger and disposed in a vertical plane and inclined at suflicient angle to prevent rotation of hanger about said wire, and means for lift ing said hanger. V

9. A locker,a vertically movable hanger, a wire for guiding the movement of said hanger and disposed in a vertical plane and inclined at a sufficient angle to prevent rotation of the hanger about said wire, and means for lifting said hanger, said means being disposed in said locker to prevent manipulation of the hanger when the locker is closed.

Signed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER N, VANCE.

Witnesses:

ETHEL Wool), M. E. BARRY.

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